Still Thoughts: Volume Two

by Cheng Yen, Liu King-pong (Translator), Douglas Shaw (Editor)

Life is happiest when you are needed by others and can do things for others.
-- Master Cheng Yen

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Venerable Master Cheng Yen was born in a small town called Chingshui in central Taiwan in 1937. When she was twenty-three years old, she left home to become a Buddhist nun. The Master has always led a simple and virtuous life. In her frugality, she made candles and bean powder to maintain a living. In 1966, she established the Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, and for thirty five years this organization has concentrated its activities in the major areas of charity, medicine, education, culture, international relief and bone marrow donation. In 1991, the Master received the Philippine Magsaysay Award, the "Asian Nobel Prize." Living a simple life with only the basic necessities, the Master has actively pursued her work of helping the poor and educating the rich.

Reviews

[Laurie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some really remarkable points, but most of them didn't resonate with me. It was just okay.